How many of you have had to scrap an lcd because of a line or two on the lcd screen due to tab failure?The machine here can do the repair but will it last?I still get crt sets in that have lasted some 15-20 years plus before a failure and always are repairable to component level and will go for another 10-20 years...standard lifetime for an Lcd or plasma is some 18 months....

there was a big debate about the reliability of these lcd panels on another site that i use and we were exploring ways to repair these panels cost effectively and reliably ....the fact is that until the reliability drastically improves an lcd with a faulty display is scrap-after 2-3 years? i still have a 25 year old crt set still working,which if it failed is repairable to component level-not a case of throw away because replacement parts cost as much as a new set